UK manufacturing output bounced back in March, figures show, but overall industrial output fell due to a drop in oil and gas production.

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Nik Wallenda, an acrobat set to walk a tightrope over Niagara Falls this summer, drew gasps after stumbling during walk 100 feet (30m) above Baltimore’s Inner Harbour.

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VIDEO: US highwire walker’s stumble

Police arrested the wife and mother of Adam Mayes, the suspect in the kidnapping of Jo Ann Bain and her three daughters. Bain and her oldest girl have been found dead.

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Police arrest kin of kidnapping suspect

Scores of people have been injured in the Armenian capital Yerevan after clusters of gas balloons exploded at a political rally.

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VIDEO: Scores hurt at Armenian rally

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday pulled a $5,000 solicitation for a magician to motivate employees at a leadership training event, weeks after a mind reader hired by the General Services Administration became an embarrassing symbol of a Las Vegas spending scandal. Read full article > >

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With so much news about federal employees on the wild at a casino hotel outside Las Vegas and with prostitutes in Colombia, it’s a pleasure to learn about public servants who are more reflective of the whole. Read full article > >

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Award winners save federal government billions

Authorities pumped tear gas Friday in a fortified bunker east of Seattle where a Washington state man wanted in the killings of his wife and daughter was believed to be holed up.

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At least 25,000 activists took to the streets on Saturday to call for free and fair elections, and were met by police who fired tear gas at some demonstrators who broke through barriers.

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Some Clashes Seen in Malaysia’s Capital as Activists March

‘How gastric band surgery changed my life at 17′

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‘Just smelling food fills me up’

Sink your teeth into today's top stories from around the globe. Cinco margarita recipes for Cinco de Mayo, and summer in general. – Serious Eats Harking back to the legendary Vegas steakhouse. – Saveur Yogurtgate: One college student had the unfortunate pleasure of accidentally spilling fro-yo on the President's trousers. – Bites on TODAY Burger King will transition to cage-free eggs and pork by 2017. – Gawker The life and times of a restaurant regular. – Wall Street Journal

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Box lunch: Margarita mania and ‘Yogurtgate’

Egypt’s state-owned gas company says it has scrapped a controversial deal supplying Israel with 40% of its natural gas at lower than market prices.

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Egypt scraps gas deal with Israel

Says anti-bullying legislation is unnecessary.

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Senate Democrats take their turn Wednesday on the General Services Administration's $800,000 boondoggle — a simmering political scandal involving wasteful spending at a Las Vegas conference.

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GSA officials face Senate

The painful trade-offs of tax reform came into sharper focus Tuesday as lawmakers for the first time began considering specific tax breaks to reduce or otherwise change, starting with laws that allow millions of Americans to avoid taxes while saving for retirement. Read full article > >

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Lawmakers consider changing tax breaks on retirement savings

A government official at the center of lavish spending at a Las Vegas conference claimed his Fifth Amendment rights as he declined to testify before a House panel.

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GSA official takes 5th Amendment